Sack.



T. CAULPIELD. SACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAILZO, 1912 1,058,658. Patented Apr. 8,1913.

I him!!! UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

I THOMAS GAULFIELD, '0]? BAXTEB, IOWA.

SACK.

Specification of Letters Iatent. Application filed larch so, 1912. Serial in. 685,092.

Patented Apr.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS CAULFmm, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baxter, in the county of Jasper and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Sack, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of simple,durable and inexpensive construction for holding paper sacks.

A further object is to provide a device for holding paper, sacks whereby the sacks are presented one at a time in convenient position to be seized by the user and, whenever one sack is removed, another sack is moved to position to be grasped.

A further object is to provlde such a device on which the sacks may be mounted 1n compact form so that the device with the nation of the various parts, of my device whereby the objects contem lated are attained, as hereinafter more ully set forth, pointed out in my claim and illustrated'in the accompanying drawings,'in which Figure 1 shows a front elevation of a device embodying my invention with the sacks installed thereon. Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the same and Fig. 3 shows a side elevation of some of the sacks unrolled showing the manner in which they are attached to each other.

For mounting my sacks, I employ a stand comprising two upright members 10 having bases 11 at their lower ends to give the stand stability. At the upper end of the rack I provide a cross bar 12=to give the stand rifgidity and strength. On; the inner sides 0 the upright members 10 I provide 0 posite slots 13 extendin from one side 0 the uprights 10 toward t e middle of the inner s'ides thereof and then downwardly as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. For holding the roll of sacks I provide a roller or drum 14 having small extensions 15 at each end. At the outer ends of the extensions 15 are short spindles 16"whichf are received in the slots 13 in which said spindles freely rotate.

Paper sacks are ordinarily made with their bottoms flat and arranged parallel with their sides as shown in Fig. 3. In the preparation of'the sacks for 'u'se with-my device, I place the sacks on a flat-surface .with the bottoms up. The sacks are arranged'in aseries overlapping each other so" that the side edges of the bottom of each sack are-adjacent to the side edges of thebottoms of the sacks on each side in the series as shown in Fig. 3 in which the reference numeral 17 indicates the bottom of the sack and the reference numeral 18, the sides thereof. The adjacent edges of the bottom of each sack are fastened together by a small gummed paper sticker 19. When a sufii-- cientnumber of sacks have been fastened togetherby means of the stickers 19, the sacks are formed into a roll as shown in Fig. 2 with the sides of the last sack out. The

roll I have indicated generally by the reference numeral'20. The roll of sacks 20 is placed, on the roller 14' as shown in Fig. 1.

For holding the roll 20 against rotation when not in use, and for. holding the roll also when one sack is removed, I provide the following means: Rotatably mounted on the lower side of the crossbar 12, longitudinally therewith, is a rod 21, the ends 22 of which extend downwardly, parallel to each other as shown in Fig. 1. The free ends of the A roller 24 .is mounted on a shaft 25, the ends'of which are received in thebearings portions 22are bent to form bearings 23.

23. Fornormally holding the roller 24 against the roll of bags 20, with yielding pressure, I provide the springs 26 shown in 1g.1. V It may beseen that a large number of variations. in details of construction of my device may be made without departing from the essential features of the invention.

, In the practical use of my device, the sacks are secured together as shown in Fi are then placed upon the roller 14 go the roll 20. The roller 14 is placed in position in the standwith the rol er 24 in yield ing engagement with the side of the roll 20 on which is the free end of the outer sack, as shown in Fig. 2. When it isdesired to removea sack, the outer sackis seized and drawn to position where its bottom is just below the roller 24. The outer sack may be f 3 and rming jerked quickly or pulled slightly sidewise and the gummed strip or sticker 19 willbe torn in the middle as shown in Fig. 1. In this connection it. will be noted that the stickers 19 are of comparatively light material so that they will tear much more easily than'the sacks. After one sack is removed, the end of the next sack will bein convenient position to be grasped by the user. The end of the sack may beseized and the roll 20 rotated until the bottom of the sack is slightly below the roller 24 when the sack may be torn off. This process may be continued until all the sacks are used. It will of course be seen that the stand may be-used for an indefinite length of time.

The advantages of my device are obvious from the above description. The sacks are always convenient of access and may be easily seized and removed from the roll with one hand. Sacks are kept in compact form and the rolls may be stored in a small space.

I claim as my invention:

A plurality of sacks arranged in a roll, each sack being folded with its sides flat against each other and with its bottom folded flat against the lower part of one side, the bottom of each sack being nearer the outer side of the sack with relation to the center of the roll, the sacks being arranged overlapping each other with their bottoms adjacent to each other in succession and gummed stickers of easily torn material connecting the successive bottoms.

Des Moines, Iowa, March 8, 1912.

THOMAS CAULFIELD.

Witnesses ROBERT GEISE, FRED HAGER. 

